To fight antibiotic resistance, we need to fight bad prescribing habits

To fight antibiotic resistance, we need to fight bad prescribing habits

May's announcement that a strain of bacteria with genes conferring resistance to colistin, our antibiotic of last resort, was identified in the United States, is just the latest report highlighting the growing threat of antibiotic resistance.

Time may run out in case of teen charged in boyfriend’s suicide
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Time may run out in case of teen charged in boyfriend’s suicide

Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) — Time could be running out for Massachusetts prosecutors seeking to put a teenager on trial for encouraging her boyfriend to take his own life by sending him dozens of text messages and telling him to "get back in" a truck filled with carbon monoxide fumes.

Michelle Carter, 19, is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the 2014 death of Conrad Roy III, 18, of Mattapoisett.

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